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[Ray_Tupper]

only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:



But I wanted something ability to carry things, tent ect, hot days I wanted to change out of big bike gear when I got to my destination.

So I sold it 6 months after I bought it, for the same price 

Bought a BMW R1200 GS instead....





Got some trips planned this year Isle of Man TT, might be doing Scotland two week tour in May, but thats uncertain now  :-/

You must be a very muscular man to ride that Tunnie, it looks enormous
Not sure I would buy a BMW myself, but then I am still happy with my old Vello

Not sure where you're from but we have a Vellocette Dealer/Parts/ Refurber by us. Seymours shop in Thame, Oxfordshire has Vellocette Venoms and Thruxton Vellocettes on display. Different world back then with de-compressors and kick-start at TDC. 

A friend of mine has a 1950's Manx Norton. Its mega exhaust pipe well I need to turn down my hearing aid when he kicks her in 
Young'uns think everything like these chain oilers are new but it isn't. Ed's Manx has it, the oil is actually in the frame with a tap to drip out the oil onto the chain.

[hotel21]

Given the above Ray, please have a wee avatar on me...

[Turk]

Honda CB250G
Honda CB400N
Yamaha DT250MX
Honda CX500B
Suzuki GS850G
Honda CBR600F
Honda CBR1000F
Suzuki GSXR1100M
Suzuki GS1000E
Honda VFR750F

and for the last 4 years, a 1991 Harley-Davidson XL1200.

[Darth Loo-knee]

Harley's have never done anything for me but that of yours looks lovely mate. 

[Sixstring]

I really, really, really really want a HAYABUSA next.................love my car, but the feeling a bike gives you just does it for me everytime, and as somebody on here said, "only a biker understands why dogs....................etc"

[I am a Daisy]

i love em,started out on a honda vision,then had an unrestricted tzr 125,honda vfr 400,honda cbr 600,honda vtr sp1,then got married and it all went wrong,now divorced with no bike...have to say if all car drivers rode motorbikes we would cut the accident rates overnight...motorcycles dont kill people,,,,,,  car drivers do.......

Oh,oh, me, me, me! Lol! I LOVE bikes, my first love! There is nothing else that gives me the feeling that a bike gives, I only feel really "alive" when out on my bike. Have had loads of bikes over the years, with my early years all mostly strokers, but my R1 is all the bike I wanted in 30 years, just an outstanding piece of machinery! Still have my old RD400 too, which is getting a makeover, lol. You always have to have an old stroker stashed away somewhere lol!

[Dishevelled Den]

i love em,started out on a honda vision,then had an unrestricted tzr 125,honda vfr 400,honda cbr 600,honda vtr sp1,then got married and it all went wrong,now divorced with no bike...have to say if all car drivers rode motorbikes we would cut the accident rates overnight...motorcycles dont kill people,,,,,,  car drivers do.......

Yes I can see some merit in your distrust of car drivers, but to suggest that the riders of motorcycles are wholly without blame for RTC's involving them (as it appears you are) is somewhat misplaced in my view.

I see many motorcycle riders who drive responsibly but sadly I also see many who drive irresponsibly by displaying impatience and using excess speed in the most inappropriate places - rather like many car drivers. 

[tunnie]

only been riding two years, I took my big bike test on a Yamaha MT-03, bit 660cc single thumper, I liked it so much (compared to the Crapazaki ER5's I was using before) I bought one after I passed:



But I wanted something ability to carry things, tent ect, hot days I wanted to change out of big bike gear when I got to my destination.

So I sold it 6 months after I bought it, for the same price 

Bought a BMW R1200 GS instead....





Got some trips planned this year Isle of Man TT, might be doing Scotland two week tour in May, but thats uncertain now  :-/

You must be a very muscular man to ride that Tunnie, it looks enormous
Not sure I would buy a BMW myself, but then I am still happy with my old Vello

Your could not be further from the truth! 

I'm tall at 6ft4/5 ish, but very skinny, weigh bang on 12 stone now.

I borrowed a Yam XJ6 after I passed, silky smooth engine, but it felt like a monkey bike really, far, far too small. Had shoulder ache within just 20 mins, not a fan of the streaming engine.

Prefer the low-reving torque of the 1200 boxer, to be honest I do struggle with the weight, its about 210kgs, when its fully fueled, got the panniers and camping gear on it can be a struggle to get it off the side stand! 

But once rolling, weight disappears and it becomes a very nimble bike for its size, not everyones cup of tea but I love it 

[albitz]

My head has decided that I am selling my bike in the near future.However, it should be back on the road this weekend, and once ive had a couple of rides on it my heart may well overrule the head for another summer.
Love that R1 btw Daisy. Ridden a few and always wanted to own one before hanging up my helmet, but dont think its going to happen now. Might be just as well I suppose, as I now need my licence to get to work.

[Turk]

Harley's have never done anything for me but that of yours looks lovely mate. 

I was the same too.  I was asking myself "Why am I on this heap of sh*t ?" before I had even gone a 100 yds on the test ride, but a few miles later I realised I was actually starting to like it.

Tho' I suspect the fact that it's now bored out from 883 to 1200 and dyno'd, with N4 cams, S.E II pipes, an 8,000rpm S.E ignition module and re-worked heads may have something to do with it still giving 'the grin factor' after being used to the performance of even standard tune jap 'plastic fantastics'.
Handles ok for a 'two wheeled tractor' too, but getting my 'knee-down' on it would be closely followed by an elbow and an ear hole.     

[feeutfo]

Jap bike is no guarantee Turk, I have the scars to prove it.  .   

And yes it's that tired old pic again. :-/

[Dishevelled Den]

http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/Almeriafeb06cropped.jpg

Jap bike is no guarantee Turk, I have the scars to prove it.  .   

And yes it's that tired old pic again. :-/

Aah that's the one to quicken my pulse - it seems to defy logic but there it is, a machine and rider leaning at a crazy angle but yet able to sustain it and come out the other side ready for more.

Heady stuff.

[albitz]

Not at all a tired old pic Chris. Its a great reminder of what biking is all about in its purest form. And probably a clue to you probably being a pretty quick rider. .....preffered the one with both wheels off the ground myself (Cadwell?)

[Turk]

Jap bike is no guarantee[/highlight] Turk, I have the scars to prove it.  .   

And yes it's that tired old pic again. :-/

True, and so do I, but a knee down whilst on a Harley IS guaranteed to start the 'Earth....Sky....Earth....Sky....Earth....Sky.....Ambulance' sequence   

That's an excellent photo, by the way !

[feeutfo]

Not at all a tired old pic Chris. Its a great reminder of what biking is all about in its purest form. And probably a clue to you probably being a pretty quick rider. .....preffered the one with both wheels off the ground myself (Cadwell?)

Quick? Not on that day. That's taken at Almeria in Spain in Feb on an ACU license holders only track day, often used by BSB/MRO level riders and teams for pre season testing due to the drier climate, plus there was local race on at the circuit the following werkend. I and several other track day regulars where very much in the way on that occassion. Of note, Superdtock rider, at the time, Brendon Roberts was on track along with one of the BSB privateers and Ian Cobby also.

I learned alot, mostly that the difference between "Quick" riders and the pro's is Massive, really is! A different planet in fact.

Heres the Cadwell pic Albs.